Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> The sentinel function attribute is not understood by versions of
>> the gcc compiler prior to v4.0. At present, for earlier versions
>> of gcc, the build issues 108 warnings related to the unknown
>> attribute. In order to suppress the warnings, we conditionally
>> define the GIT_SENTINEL macro to provide the sentinel attribute
>> for gcc v4.0 and newer.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> This was built on the next branch
>
> It seems to apply well on the tip of jk/gcc-function-attributes.
>
>
> - This macro is not about "git" at all, so I'll edit the patch to
> call it GCC_ATTR_SENTINEL before applying.
>
> - Also I'll drop the (0) at the end.
>
> Thanks.
Yes, GCC_ATTR_SENTINEL is a better name, but I like LAST_ARG_MUST_BE_NULL
even more! The final commit 9fe3edc4 ("Add the LAST_ARG_MUST_BE_NULL macro",
18-07-2013) is much better than my patch and works beautifully.
Thanks Junio, Jeff and Jonathan!
ATB,
Ramsay Jones
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